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THOMAS D. THOMAS, 0F SOUTH BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

Application filed January 21, 1914. Serial No. 813,474.

To @ZZ whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS D. THOMAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Bethlehem, in the county of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ties, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in ties for railway rails, the primary object of the invention being to provide a metallic tie having wooden cushion members therein, whereby the rails when arranged upon the ties, will be permitted a certain and desired amount of yieldability to prevent injury frorn or to the wheels of the rolling stock passing upon the rails.

Other objects and advantages of the device will present themselves as the nature of the invention is more fully understood, reference being had to the accompanying drawing wherein there is illustrated a simple and preferred reduction of the improvement to practice.

In the drawing: Figure l is a view illustrating a tie constructed in accordance with the present invention and showing the same supporting the rails, Fig. 2 is atop plan view of the saine with the rails removed, Fig. 3 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same, Fig. l is a perspective view ofthe tie, the top being elevated above the body of the tie, Fig. 5 is a trans- .verse sectional view approximately on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

In constructing my tie I employ a lower member in the nature of a metallic box of the desired length' and width, which is indicated by the numeral l. The box is of sufficient strength to withstand the strain to which an ordinary tie is subjected, and the lower and closed face of the box, as well as the sides and ends thereof, may be embedded within the roadbed when the tie is arranged to receive the rails. The sides of the box, at a suitable distance from each of the ends thereof, are provided with openings arranged in pairs, and indicated by the numerals 2. Each pair of openings register, and are adapted for the reception of elongated bolts 3 which pass through suitable openings t provided transversely of cushion blocks 5, while nuts are provided for the ends of the bolts. The cushion blocks 5 are of a greaterl thickness than the depth of the box l, and are square in cross section, so that any of the faces of said blocks may rest upon the bottom wall of the box and its opposite face projecting a suitable and desired distance above the box. Each end of the blocks 5 is provided with two pairs of openings 4, one pair being arranged at right angles to the second pair, so that irrespective of the face of the block which projects above the tie, two openings 4c will be brought into register with two of the openings 2, and also when the bearing face of the block becomes worn, the said block may be rotated to bring its worn face toward the center of the tie and to present a new bearing face without necessitating the boring of additional holes in the block.

The numeral 6 designates the closure for the box l. This'closure has a horizontally straight upper vface 7, and is provided with a continuous flan ge S. The flange is adapted to contact with the sides and ends of the box l, while the und-erface of the top 7 rests upon the blocks 5. The closure 6 is corrugated transversely as at 10, two of the corrugations being arranged to engage with the end edges of the blocks 5, the remaining corrugations being arranged in the center 0f the closure. The top 6 is provided with suitable openings 9, certain of which being adapted to receive lag screws 1l which enter the blocks 5 and which hold the cover to the box, while the remainder of the openings are adapted to receive spikes l2, which enter the blocks 5 and secure the rails R upon the tie.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

In a rail tie, a metal box, cushion members arranged in the box and contacting the side walls thereof and spaced from the ends of the box and projecting above the open top of the box, means for securing the cushion members in the box, a langed closure for the box having its top provided with spaced transverse corrugations which rest on the edges of the box and each pair of end corrugations contacting the opposite ends of the respective cushion members, the rails adapt- In testimony whereof I mHX my signature ed to rest on the Closure central of each of n presence of two witnesses. the cushion members und the spike members THOMAS D. THOMAS. for Connecting the rails adapted to enter the VVitneSses:

5 cushion members and secure the cover to the ARLENE THOMAS,

cushion members and to the boX. RUTH T. HAMMOND.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing' the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

